Hutong Craft Beer Crawl

What You'll Experience

The hutong craft beer scene is Beijing's best-kept secret — a constellation of tiny taprooms hidden behind sliding wooden doors, down candlelit alleys, in the shell of a former grain warehouse or a 1970s bike repair shop. Each bar is a manifesto: against bland commercial lager, against the idea that China can't produce world-class craft. Your companion, who has been drinking their way through this neighborhood since the first taproom opened a decade ago, knows which bars are worth the detour and which brewers are doing genuinely interesting things. You'll taste a smoked porter aged in baijiu barrels, a wheat beer brewed with osmanthus flowers, and a double IPA dry-hopped with Sichuan peppercorn. Between bars, you walk — through lantern-lit lanes, past old men playing erhu outside courtyard homes, past the occasional cat sleeping in a doorway. The city doesn't get more atmospheric than this after dark.

Highlights

• Visit 3–4 hutong craft beer bars, each with a distinct personality and brewing philosophy
• Taste a baijiu-barrel-aged porter, an osmanthus wheat beer, and a Sichuan peppercorn IPA
• Walk the most atmospheric section of the hutong district by night
• Meet the brewers at one stop — many are expats and returnees with fascinating stories
• Learn how Beijing's craft beer scene grew from one taproom to 60+ in under a decade

What's Included

• 3 craft beers included (one per bar stop)
• Companion to guide the route and make introductions
• Snacks at one bar stop
• No cover charges

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